..Future studies should investigate whether factors such as comanagement of a chronic psychiatric illness or regular contact with mental health providers bestow benefits for diabetes self-management in persons with schizophrenia...

..Six months of the 5 A's produced no effect. Modest cessation and reduction benefits were noted after 12 months. Implementing the 5 A's at community mental health centers may have modest benefit after twelve months...

Correlates of severity of smoking among persons with severe mental illness

..The linkage of heavy smoking with poorer quality of life and co-occurring medical disorders suggests the importance of smoking reduction and cessation strategies to reduce smoking and decrease patients' total pack years of smoking...

A comparison of adherence to hypoglycemic medications between Type 2 diabetes patients with and without serious mental illness

..We investigated discontinuation of selected first- and second-generation antipsychotics among individuals with schizophrenia receiving usual care in a VA healthcare network in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region...

..Providers need to be especially vigilant regarding mortality risk when patients require hospitalization for diabetes and as their patients age. Smoking cessation should also be aggressively promoted...

..Only 15% of the sample was immunized against hepatitis B. Medical hospitalization was the only factor related to immunization. These results indicate an urgent need to improve access to HIV and hepatitis testing and related treatment...

..The most commonly used antipsychotic combinations have little support for safety or efficacy. Further research is needed to understand the impact of these treatments on symptoms, side effects, and costs...

..Inadequate pharmacologic care for CVD may partially explain poor health outcomes in individuals with both conditions. We sought to identify patients in this group at greatest risk for suboptimal pharmacologic management...

..The odds of diabetes, lung diseases, and liver problems are particularly elevated. These findings underscore the need for intensified preventive health interventions and medical services for this population...

Use of a critical time intervention to promote continuity of care after psychiatric inpatient hospitalization

..Patients treated with conventional antipsychotic doses below the recommended dose range had significantly better role function. Prospective longitudinal studies are required to delineate the factors that may underlie this relationship...